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....what?
Me: Neurology scheduling, this is Ashley.
Some Guy: Ashley! Good! I think I spoke to you this morning...except your name was Amanda...
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Enigmatic Idioms
In direct correlation to this post, I saw a headline for an article that turned out to be on the exact same subject (Prince Harry being pulled from Afghanistan) - but the headline read "Prince Hary Pulled," and I spent a very puzzled moment wondering why Prince Harry's, er, 'evening activities' are headline-worthy before realizing the article was ( Read more... ) -
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"I cancelled my son, Emma's, appointment with the doctor on Wednesday and you're calling me to reschedule for him."
Except it was her daughter Emma. And this lady called me ( Read more... ) -
You daily language lesson.
So, after hearing it in countless songs, movies, tv shows, and random conversations on the street, I finally let my curiousity get the better of me. I just had to know what the hell "shorty" meant and how on earth it has ended up with contextual definition of "hot girl," or possibly just "girl," full stop ( Read more... ) -
There may be such a thing as reading too much.
Wow. You know you're out of touch when you read a CNN headline that says, "UK pulls Harry out of Afghanistan," and it takes you a good 15-20 seconds to realize they mean Prince Harry and not Harry Potter. -
A really excellent rant.
Apparently the shiny new word o' the week here at the clinic is 'excellent.' This has been handed down from...I don't know who exactly, our PR people or the folk in Patient Advocacy. We're to work this word into convsersation as much as (if not more than) humanly possibly ( Read more... ) -
overheard in the office
"Neurology, this is Ashley ( Read more... ) -
V-10: Until the Violence Stops
Pretty much everyone knows that today is Valentine's Day. What you might not know is that it's also the tenth anniversary of Eve Ensler'sV-Day crusade.
From the website:
V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls ( Read more... ) -
Quoetable Trivia.
1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies ( Read more... ) -
Should we add "human attention span" to the extinction list?
So, after seeing it bandied about endlessly in on-line forums, I finally got frustrated enough with not knowing what it mean to google this mysterious tl;dr.
Oh, come on. You're kidding me, right ( Read more... )